Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden: Being Extracts from the Journal of a Fisherman

Forest Scenes in Norway and Sweden: Being Extracts from the Journal of a Fisherman

Sketches in Norway and Sweden! Are they fact or fiction? are they to be instructive or simply entertaining? These are questions which the public has a right to ask, and which the author means to answer as truly as he can. He hopes there will be a little of both. At least, in making this selection from his own and his friends journals, he has had both these objects in his eye, and he trusts he has been able to keep his eye upon them both at the same time, and that without any very great amount of squinting. The framework which he has adopted is that of a very popular description of authorsthe historical romancers, and, if he might venture to say so, of a certain equally popular historian: that is to say, fiction founded upon fact. He has laid down absolute facts, or what he believes to be facts, for his groundwork, and has dressed them up to suit his fancy. These Northern Sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing; as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene. They are therefore written upon the same plan, which the author has found extremely convenient and very suitable to his purpose. That purpose was not only to preserve the recollections of a most enjoyable time, but also to convey as much real information[2] on the subjects treated on as he could compass; and with such an object before him, absolute fiction would have been useless. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67401
Author: Newland, Henry
Release Date: Feb 13, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1855
Publisher Country: United Kingdom